Local authority funding

Most local authorities have grants available for grassroots groups – or at the very least can provide support to help you look for them.

Each local authority website will have a different way of listing their grants, so try searching for words such as ‘culture funding’, ‘arts grants’, ‘community funds’ etc to track down what’s available in your area.

Here are some examples of what’s on offer across Scotland.

Aberdeen

Creative Funding Awards of up to £10,000; Small Financial Assistance Grants; Common Good Fund. www.aberdeencity.gov.uk

Aberdeenshire

Area Initiative Funding across the region; Common Good Fund. www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk

Angus

Angus Council Charitable Trust awards grants across the ward for the ‘Advancement of arts, heritage, culture, science’. www.angus.gov.uk

Argyll and Bute

Grant Funding to Support Local Communities up to £2,500; Common Good Funds; Events and Festivals Fund. www.argyll-bute.gov.uk

Clackmannanshire

Community Grant for events up to £500; Clackmannanshire & Stirling Environmental Trust grants up to £7,500. www.clacks.gov.uk

East Ayrshire

Community Grants for Local Organisations, under £1,000 and over £1,000; Participatory Budgeting; Place Based Investment Programme for capital projects. www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk

East Dunbartonshire

Community Grants Scheme at www. eastdunbarton.gov.uk and East Dunbartonshire Arts Council grants of £350 at www.edartscouncil.org.uk

East Lothian

Common Good Funds; One Council Partnership Fund. www.eastlothian.gov.uk

East Renfrewshire

Community Fund up to £500 and over £500; Place Based Investment Programme for capital projects. www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk

Edinburgh

Community Grants Fund up to £5,000; Participatory budgeting. www.edinburgh.gov.uk

Dumfries & Galloway

Regionwide Community Fund of £500–£5,000 (includes ‘Culture’); Regional Arts Fund; Area Committee Discretionary Budget; Common Good Funds. www.dumgal.gov.uk

Dundee

Community & Voluntary Organisation Grants of up to £1,000 and over £1,000; Common Good Fund; Dundee Partnership Funding grants of up to £5,000. www.dundeecity.gov.uk

Falkirk

Community Grant Scheme of up to £5,000; Common Good Fund. www.falkirk.gov.uk

Fife

Culture Grants of £50–£150 for individuals and £100–£500 for groups; Common Good Fund; Small Sparks Fund up to £500 for new community groups; Fife Charities Trust (groups must be nominated by a Council employee). www.fife.gov.uk

Glasgow

Area Partnership small grants for community organisations of £300 and over. www.glasgow.gov.uk

Highland

Common Good Fund; Community Benefit Funding for groups in the vicinity of Beinn Tharsuinn wind farm; Village Halls Grant up to £500. www.highland.gov.uk

Inverclyde

Community Grants Fund of up to £10,000. www.inverclyde.gov.uk

Midlothian

Small and Large Grant Fund for community groups. www.midlothian.gov.uk

Moray

Common Good Fund. www.moray.gov.uk

Na h-Eileanan Siar

Heritage Grants; Learning and Development Grants www.cne-siar.gov.uk

North Ayrshire

Common Good Fund; Participatory Budgeting Funding; Community Benefit Fund; North Ayrshire Venture Trust. www.north-ayrshire.gov.uk

North Lanarkshire

Community Grants of up to £1,000; Grant Awards programme of £1,000-£50,000; Recover NL Environment Fund grants of up to £4,000. www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk

Orkney

Culture Fund; Community Development Fund; General Charitable Trust. www.orkney.gov.uk

Perth & Kinross

Common Good Fund; Volunteer Training Fund; Digital Inclusion Fund; Perth & Kinross Grants Direct (advice service) www.pkc.gov.uk

Renfrewshire

Culture, Heritage & Events Fund; Cultural Organisations Development Fund; Local Partnership Grant Funding. www.renfrewshire.gov.uk

Scottish Borders

Neighbourhood Support Fund; Common Good Fund; Local Festival Grant Scheme; Community Enhancement Trust; Village Halls Grant Scheme. www.scotborders.gov.uk

South Ayrshire

Participatory Budgeting for community groups; Coastal Communities Fund; Destination South Ayrshire Grant. www.south-ayrshire.gov.uk

South Lanarkshire

Community Grants of up to £1,000; SSE Clyde Wind Farm Fund of over and under £10,000. www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk

Shetland

Community Development Fund; Coastal Communities Fund. www.shetland.gov.uk

Stirling

Community Grants of between £100– £1,500; Clackmannanshire & Stirling Environment Trust grants of up to £7,500. www.stirling.gov.uk

West Dunbartonshire

Common Good Fund; Community Loans Fund (interest free); Community Budgeting. www.west-dunbarton.gov.uk

West Lothian

Grants to tackle deprivation. Common Good Fund. www.westlothian.gov.uk

Visual Artist and Craft Maker Awards

Established by Creative Scotland and run in partnership with Local Authorities across Scotland, this programme of small grant schemes supports individual visual artists and craft makers at any stage in their creative and professional development. Awards of between £500 and £750 are available to artists living in a number of local authority areas across Scotland.

For more information, visit www. creativescotland.com/VACMA